'Brass Mania' concert slated for Sunday

April 12, 2013|JL Sumpter - PNR Saturday contributor

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For an exclusive, intimate night packed with incredible brass music, mark your calendar for 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14. The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra will perform a free "Brass Mania" concert at the First United Congregational Church in Charlevoix.

For an added flare, current members Vern Campbell, Beverly Isenbarger and Edward Bahr are joined by members of the Castle Brass Quintet. This group is made up of Ev Wujcik, David Pugh, Beverly Isenbarger and Edward Bahr, who will play Franckenpohl's Brass Quintet and Robert Nagel's "This Old Man March."

The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, arranged by Conrad DeJong, is performing Poulenc's Sonata (1922), and a suite of Wisconsin folk music, containing "Lumberman Dance Tune" and the "Pig Schottische."

In its 12th year, the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra has provided this high level production in the Little Traverse Bay area and towns scattered throughout Northern Michigan. In 2012, they received the National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America Grant, launching them into national recognition and proving the quality of their work.

"Please join us in enjoying the brilliance of brass ensemble music," said Nancy Koski, executive director of the orchestra.

The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra is a group of friends with talent, wishing to provide the community with inspiration and education through music.

The community is able to enjoy this Sunday Series event with financial support from the Roger and Peggy Dicken Schwer Fund, administered by the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation.

Thanks also go to the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, the Bay Harbor Foundation, the Charlevoix County Community Foundation, Meijer and more than 300 other supporters who believe in what the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra can do for the community.

More information about this and future events by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra is available at (231) 487-0010 or online at www.glcorchestra.org. The First Congregational Church of Charlevoix is at 101 State St. in Charlevoix.